Before joining the Bar, Haresh qualified as a Solicitor and subsequently as a Solicitor Advocate at one of Nottingham’s best regional Law firms, Smalley’s Solicitors. This taught him the importance of tailor-made client care, and being both personable and approachable. He has a unique skillset whereby he can offer public access services as a direct access barrister who can conduct litigation.
Haresh's services are offered to clients all over the U.K. (particularly Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Birmingham and surrounding areas of the East/West Midlands, where he is based). He further advises expats in Andalucía (Spain, particularly Sevilla where he also has a base), who have ongoing legal matters in the U.K. Having trained as teacher, he is well versed and sensitive towards clients who have various learning needs, disabilities and vulnerabilities. Haresh offers meetings by Zoom/MS Teams, phone or other platforms.
As a qualified teacher, Haresh has advised many teachers facing investigations/referrals to the TRA. He is very familiar with the rules and procedures involved and all other associated matters that come with these types of cases, including but not limited to DBS referrals, LADO reports and police investigations. He is also well versed with associated employment matters that arise and issues concerning lack of support from the unions.
Haresh has advised doctors at all levels and other medical professionals and has represented them during the various hearing stages at the MPTS. He fully understands the sensitive nature of these proceedings, especially when one’s professional career is at stake. Over the years, he has dealt with a plethora of legal issues including, but not limited to integrity, misconduct, breaches in practice and many more.
Haresh's experiences are drawn from his time employed within the education sector, and his professional experiences having dealt with many types of industries outside of the education sector with clients from all over the world, employed under U.K. contracts.
He is experienced in settlement negotiations and agreements. He has represented Claimants and Respondents in complex sex, race, gender, and religious discrimination claims (amongst other protected characteristics). Often these are coupled with issues of whistleblowing, victimisation, and harassment. Haresh has extensive experience in dealing with tampering allegations and using specialist expert evidence to present these allegations in the Employment Tribunal.
Haresh has a special interest in the grievance and disciplinary stages of employment, having experienced many situations where they are flawed leading to regulatory referrals. He has further advised clients once judgements have come out concerning reconsiderations including recusal applications if there appears to be some form of bias. He has also advised up to the Employment Appeal Tribunal & Court of Appeal. He can draft ET1/ET3, acknowledgment of service, amendment applications, cost applications/responses, grounds for the notice of appeal or rule 3.10 applications, HR policies and more.
Education
Haresh has extensive experience in the education sector as he is a fully qualified modern foreign languages teacher and taught in secondary schools, including A-level institutions and on university courses and carried out exam marking.
During his time as a teacher/lecturer, Haresh experienced many legal matters around him, including (but not limited to) parental orders, MASH referrals, discrimination of students/pupils, LADO referrals, parent complaints / appeals. He has further advised students at university on internal appeals and those to the OIAHE. He often deals with EHCP complaints to the First tier SEND Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability.
Haresh is a keen advocate of ensuring children’s right to education is accessible and all children are safeguarded in the institutions they learn in, against inequality, bullying and more.
Languages
Having qualified and worked as a modern foreign languages’ teacher, Haresh can offer spoken languages of Spanish, Hindi & Punjabi.
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